"Taprobana", Porcacchi, Tomaso
Subject: Sri Lanka
Period: 1713 (circa)
Publication: Universus Terrarum Orbis
Color: Hand Color
Size:
5.7 x 4.1 inches
14.5 x 10.4 cm
Charming map of the island nation of Sri Lanka with north oriented to the right of the map. Only a bit of the Indian mainland is shown and it is incorrectly depicted to the east of the island. Strapwork title cartouche, an unusual compass rose and a stipple engraved sea combine to make this a very attractive map. This map was originally engraved by Girolamo Porro and issued in Porcacchi's L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo in 1572. This is the second state, retouched and published in Universus Terrarum Orbis, by J. Baptist Conzatti. Printed on a sheet of Latin text (8.7 x 11.1").
References: King (2nd Ed.), p. 57-59.
Condition: A+
Top and bottom margins of sheet slightly trimmed, not affecting map.
